Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced today that Sandra
R. Alford, 62, of Lanham, Maryland was sentenced her August 23 guilty
plea to Felony Insurance Fraud in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s
County. Alford had been charged with fraudulently submitting false documentation
to the Hartford Life Insurance Company in reference to a disability claim.
The Honorable Steven I. Platt sentenced Ms. Alford to five years’ incarceration
with all but six months of that sentence to be suspended followed by a
period of probation. The six months will be served through home detention
with electric monitoring.

In a statement of facts presented by the prosecutor last August, the
court learned that the insurance company had paid Ms. Alford over $125,000
in long-term disability benefits between May of 1988 and January of 2000.
Investigation revealed, however, that Ms. Alford had been working during
that period. Furthermore, during that time period, Ms. Alford, on several
occasions, submitted written documentation to the insurance company indicating
that she was not working.

The conviction followed an investigation conducted by the Insurance Fraud
Division of the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Office of the
Attorney General.